Chapter 660: CERN's vote

At the same time, while the Jinling Institute of Advanced Research was conducting experiments on sonoluminescence and acoustic fusion, a seminar on mass gap issues was also being conducted at CERN's headquarters in Switzerland.
The attendance of this conference is not large, but it is basically a well-known scholar who exists in the top physics world today, and more than half have won the Nobel Prize.
It is no exaggeration to say that if anyone is still a bomb here, the development of world physics must be at least fifty years stagnant ...
After entering the staircase conference room, Witten found an inconspicuous place to sit, and unexpectedly set his sights on another scholar at the conference table.
Peter Higgs!
Discoverer of God particles!
Since returning to the UK from CERN 13 years later, he has rarely appeared in the public eye. Now that he is 91 years old, Witten never expected that he could be seen at this meeting.
However, if you think about it, this kind of conference that will determine the future of physics will not be easily missed by anyone who is concerned about this subject that once devoted youth and sweat.
Taking advantage of the gap before the meeting, Witten took a moment to look around the scholars at the venue and found that it was not only Peter Higgs who appeared here in a wild place, but many physicists with a lonely personality who rarely traveled far away I was sitting in this staircase meeting room at this moment, quietly waiting for the meeting place to start.
"It's really surprising," sitting next to Witten, Jaffe smiled and said, "I didn't expect to see so many old friends I usually don't see here."
"Yeah." Witten nodded with emotion, just as he was about to say something, the sound of a microphone audition came in front of the staircase conference room.
I saw Chairman CERN standing on the stage cleared his throat and announced the start of the meeting.
"We have discussed long enough on the issue of quality gaps, and we have delayed long enough."
"Now the entire theoretical physics community is waiting for our conclusions. I think instead of letting the controversy continue, let the physics community know our views from our voice for the time being ... whether it is correct or not."
With that said, the director paused and continued.
"Therefore, I propose to express my opinion of support or opposition in the form of a vote by show of hands."
Whispers were heard in the conference room.
Looking at the commotion, the chairman coughed, and raised the volume to continue.
"Agree, please raise your hand."
唰 唰 唰
At least 70% of the people in the conference room successively raised their right hands.
The staff sitting in the background counted the votes raised by hands and fed the data back to the screen in front of the stage.
After looking at the voting data on the screen, the chairman nodded, motioning everyone to put their hands down, pause for a moment and continue to speak.
"Anyone please raise your hand."
唰 唰
As before, many people raised their hands.
It's just that compared with those who raised their hands, there are not many people who oppose it, only about 15%. In addition, many hands appear to be erratic when raised, and it can be seen that even those who hold objections can't insist on their views.
The eyes fell on the elderly in the first row of the conference room, and the chairman said in a respectful tone.
"Mr. Higgs, I noticed that you raised your hand twice. May I ask your reason?"
Professor Higgs, sitting in the front row, stood up tremblingly.
Glancing at the chairman standing on the stage, he said slowly.
"Mr. Chairman, the reason I raised my hand for the first time was because I couldn't pick out the fault of that paper for the time being. The second time I raised my hand was because I objected to such a hasty decision."
The chairman nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, but we have discussed it long enough. Not only me, but many people think it is time for a final vote."
"I don't think it's enough," Mr. Higgs continued, "especially first, as the author of this theory, he is obliged to take responsibility for his theory and explain to him more clearly And answered questions from questioners. During this time I have been paying attention to the information posted on the official website of Jinling University, but Professor Lu does not seem to have plans to hold a lecture. "
This sentence has received a lot of echoes of approval.
At least half of the opponents agree with Mr. Higgs.
In particular, Professor Nobel Prize winner Werzek nodded in agreement, complaining to the chairman annoyedly.
"My requirements are not high, even if he can't come by himself, anyway, send a student or assistant to explain to him!"
It is not uncommon to send your own students to make academic reports on your own. When the research is busy or you are simply not interested in a place with a lot of people, some professors occasionally send their students to participate in the report instead of themselves.
For example, Mochizuki Shinichi, who proposed the "interstellar theory," almost all of his reports on the ABC conjecture will be done by his two students, and he will "control the field" at the scene through a video connection.
Professor Lu's current situation is indeed not suitable for going abroad, and most scholars sitting here also understand this situation.
But even if he doesn't want to go out, anyway, send a student to report for him?
Hearing Professor Prof. Werzek's statement, the Chairman of the CER was silent for a while and said.
"I will convey your suggestion to Professor Lu."
"Right now we will not discuss the report, only the content of the text itself. Who else has a questionable opinion or an opposing opinion on the theory of Professor Lu Zhou's explanation on the quality gap?"
This time, no one raised their hands.
Even Mr. Higgs had no opinion.
And Witten, who never raised his hand from start to finish.
A look around the conference room, the chairman relieved with relief, a smile appeared on his face.
Since these big cows have no opinions, there should be no serious problems in the future.
"It seems we have reached a consensus on this issue."
"History will remember this day, and we have taken a big step in the direction of the Grand Unified Theory!"
After a pause ~ EbookFREE.me ~ he continued to speak.
"That ends the discussion on the mass gap."
"In addition, according to the suggestions of several professors such as Edward Witten, regarding the experimental arrangement from the second half to the first half of next year, we will arrange the exploration plan for m particles on the experimental schedule, and for the predictions made by Professor Lu in the paper Energy zone for testing ... "
"Whether it can be found in the end, I believe that the experimental data obtained from it will greatly promote our improvement of the standard model!"
The CERN meeting came to an end.
And on the day of the conference, the world-famous physics temple publicly issued a statement announcing that it had approved Lu Zhou's paper on mass gap research, and announced the conference agenda for the next month on the official website, and adjusted After the experimental schedule.
One after another burst of news.
For a time, all the scholars and people who paid attention to this matter were boiled by the result of CERN's vote ...